Thibaut Courtois believes Cristiano Ronaldo is "irreplaceable", but he challenged his Real Madrid team-mates to score the goals the star forward used to.
Ronaldo, 33, left Madrid for Juventus in July and, while the LaLiga giants struggled to cope without him initially, they have improved under Santiago Solari.
"Cristiano Ronaldo is irreplaceable, you cannot forget what he did," he told reporters.
"But he is not here anymore, so it's time for other players, like Bale did in the semi-finals [of the Club World Cup], to score the goals he [Ronaldo] used to score.
Club World Cup Golden Ball winner | December 22, 2018
"If we are able to do so, it'll be fine."
Madrid are fourth in LaLiga, eight points behind leaders and rivals Barcelona, albeit with a game in hand.
They are next in action with a trip to Villarreal on January 3.
